The Unseen Fred West Confessions (2014)

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The sickening story of serial killer Fred West will be replayed on TV screens in a Channel 5 documentary using the actual police recordings of his police interrogations.

In the new documentary, West’s voice will be heard on television for the first time. Nine of the killer’s victims were found at his home in Cromwell Street, Gloucester, with five of them beheaded or dismembered. In the recordings, West is heard telling police how he kept parts of his victims as souvenirs.

The killer escaped sentencing by commiting suicide in 1995, but his partner Rose West was jailed for life, having been found guilty of 10 counts of murder.

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